{"id":1398,"date":"2011-05-14T20:01:53","date_gmt":"2011-05-15T00:01:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=1398"},"modified":"2013-07-20T22:01:08","modified_gmt":"2013-07-21T02:01:08","slug":"a-tale-of-two-burgers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/?p=1398","title":{"rendered":"A Tale of Two Burgers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We generally buy our beef as a split side from a local farmer and have it in the freezer to use.  The butcher wraps the hamburger in one pound packages, I&#8217;ve never asked them if we could get it wrapped in 1\/2 pound packages. We get more stew beef than we do hamburger, but the result of all that is when Debbie and I make hamburgers we make a big 1\/2 pound burger each.<\/p>\n<p>So hamburgers for us are an over-the-top indulgent experience.  Our favorite recipe for excessive burgers is the Schlow Burger.  This recipe is from Michael Schlow&#8217;s cookbook, &#8220;It&#8217;s About Time.&#8221;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1401\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1401\" style=\"width: 243px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/schlow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/schlow-243x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"schlow\" width=\"243\" height=\"300\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1401\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/schlow-243x300.jpg 243w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/schlow.jpg 406w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 243px) 100vw, 243px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1401\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Schlow Burger<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><center><i>I didn&#8217;t take this picture.  It&#8217;s from Schlow&#8217;s cookbook<\/i><\/center><\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:10px; padding: 10px; background: #FFFEEB; border: 1px solid black;\">\n<b>The Schlow Buger<\/b><br \/>\nMakes two burgers<\/p>\n<p><b>Ingredients<\/b><br \/>\n1 pound ground beef<br \/>\n1 tablespoon olive oil<br \/>\nSalt and pepper<br \/>\n4 tablespoons mayonnaise<br \/>\n2 teaspoons horseradish<br \/>\n1\/2 lemon, juiced<br \/>\n2 slices good cheese<br \/>\n2 hamburger buns<br \/>\ncrispy onions (recipe follows)<\/p>\n<p><b>Procedure<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Combine the ground beef with the olive oil, salt, and pepper and divide into two patties.  Refrigerate until you&#8217;re ready to cook.<br \/>\nCombine the mayonnaise, horseradish, and lemon juice. Season with black pepper and set aside.<br \/>\nCook the burgers until they&#8217;re almost as done you like.  Cooking on a grill or a grill pan is your best bet.<br \/>\nPut a slice of cheese on each burger, turn off the heat, and cover the burgers. After about 4 minutes the cheese should be melted.<br \/>\nToast the bun if that&#8217;s what you like (I do, Debbie doesn&#8217;t)<br \/>\nPlace the burger on a bun and top the burgers with the horseradish sauce and the crispy onions.<\/p>\n<p><b>Crispy Onions<\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>Ingredients<\/b><\/p>\n<p>One large yellow onion, sliced thin<br \/>\nOil<\/p>\n<p><b>Procedure<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Put the onions and oil in a small sauce pan.  Use enough oil to cover the onions by 1\/2 inch or so.<br \/>\nBring to a boil over high heat and then reduce the heat to medium.  Stir the onions around every few minutes.<br \/>\nRemove the onions and drain in a single layer when they are nicely browned.  They&#8217;ll be soggy when you remove them, but will crisp up when they cool.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>As incredibly excessive as the Schlow Burger is I wondered, &#8220;couldn&#8217;t we do better?&#8221;  Continuous improvement is my mantra.  When I saw Cooks Country make a &#8216;Juicy Lucy&#8217; I thought I&#8217;d found the recipe to top the Schlow Burger.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1406\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1406\" style=\"width: 268px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/juicy-lucy.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/juicy-lucy.jpg\" alt=\"\" title=\"juicy lucy\" width=\"268\" height=\"268\" class=\"size-full wp-image-1406\" srcset=\"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/juicy-lucy.jpg 268w, https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/juicy-lucy-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 268px) 100vw, 268px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1406\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">The Juicy Lucy<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><center><i>I didn&#8217;t take this picture either.  It&#8217;s from the recipe at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.cookscountrytv.com\/recipes\/detail.asp?docid=8586\">Cooks Country<\/a>.<\/i><sup>1<\/sup><\/center> <\/p>\n<div style=\"margin:10px; padding: 10px; background: #FFFEEB; border: 1px solid black;\">\n<p><b>Ingredients<\/b><\/p>\n<p>1 pound hamburger<br \/>\n3 tablespoons milk<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon garlic powder<br \/>\n1 slices hearty white sandwich bread , torn into rough pieces<br \/>\n1\/2 teaspoon salt<br \/>\n1\/4 teaspoon pepper<br \/>\ntwo pieces of cheese, about 1\/2 inch thick and 1 1\/2 inches square<\/p>\n<p><b>Procedure<\/b><\/p>\n<p>Using a potato masher, mash bread, milk, garlic powder, salt, and pepper in large bowl until smooth. Add beef and gently knead until well combined.<br \/>\nDivide meat mixture into 4 equal portions. Take one portion of meat and wrap it around the cheese.  Take the other portion of meat and wrap it around the cheese\/meat pattie you just made.  Repeat for the other burger.<br \/>\nRefrigerate for 30 minutes or up to 24 hours.<br \/>\nGrill burgers over medium until well browned and cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes per side.<br \/>\nTransfer to a plate, tent with foil, and let rest 5 minutes.<br \/>\nServe with pickles, onions, lettuce, tomato, or whatever you like.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>While the molten cheese cooked in the Juicy Lucy was delightful, neither Debbie nor I liked the texture of the burger with bread and milk mixture.<\/p>\n<p>For us, the Schlow Burger is still number one!<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>[1] If you&#8217;re searching for images of &#8216;juicy lucy&#8217; you can do yourself a favor and search for &#8216;juicy lucy burger&#8217; and avoid a lot of, er, interesting images.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schlow Burger or Juicy Lucy?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1398","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-cooking"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1398"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1398\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1398"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1398"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chuckzumbrun.net\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1398"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}